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What are News Feeds?
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added
new content. You can get the latest headlines and video
in one place, as soon as its published, without having
to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.
Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion
as to what RSS stands for, but most people plump for
'Really Simple Syndication'. In essence, the feeds themselves
are just web pages, designed to be read by computers
rather than people.
How do I start using
feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something
called a news reader. This is a piece of software that
checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles
that have been added. There are many different versions,
some of which are accessed using a browser, and some
of which are downloadable applications.
Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your
RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable
applications let you store them on your main computer,
in the same way that you either download your e-mail
using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like
Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to
do is to decide what content you want it to receive.
For example, if you would like the latest industry news
stories, simply visit the Industry
News section and you will notice an orange button
on the left hand side.
If you click on the RSS button you can subscribe to
the feed in various ways, including by dragging the
URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting
and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news
reader. Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange
button, but some may just have a normal web link.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari,
automatically check for feeds for you when you visit
a website, and display an icon when they find one. This
can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more
details on these, please check their websites.
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How do I get a news
reader?
There is a range of different news readers available
and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating
systems, so you will need to choose one that will work
with your computer.
NEWS READERS
Windows
Newz
Crawler
FeedDemon
Awasu
Mac OS X
Newsfire
NetNewsWire
Web
Bloglines
FeedZilla
NewsGator
Microsoft
Live
My
Yahoo!
Browser
Mozilla
Firefox
thinstore
is not responsible for the content of external internet
sites
Using thinstore
feeds on your site
If you run your own website, you can display the latest
headlines from other websites on your own site using
RSS.
We encourage the use of thinstore
feeds as part of a website.
We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of
thinstore
content and thinstore
does not accept any liability for its feeds.
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